We had a little excitement around here last night. Earlier in the evening we went out to dinner, celebrating our Gamecocks' victory in the Outback Bowl with dinner (including a FREE bloomin' onion!) at Outback Steakhouse. Then it was back home and time for Brian and Emily to get things packed up to return to Florida today. It was during this packing up that we realized Brian's phone was missing.
We searched everywhere. In the house. In the car. On the ground around the car. Even in the most unlikely places. We called the restaurant. No phone.
We panicked a bit. We searched some more. Emily accessed their carrier's GPS find-your-phone capability. The GPS said the phone was here in our county, about 3.5 miles away, in a part of the county where we had not been. After some thought, we realized that by air, that location was not really so far away, and that we were probably within the area where the GPS said the phone was. So, the search began again. Emily and Christopher searched inside the house. The rest of us were outside.
All the while, there was a lot of praying going on. Prayers of the "Lord, you know where this phone is, so would You please show us" variety! After all, He does know everything. And if even the hairs of our head are numbered, them I'm sure it's not too much to think that He also knows exactly where the phone is!
On this final search, the phone was found. It had apparently fallen out of Brian's pocket in his car when he was moving the car closer to the house for loading. However it ended up where it did, there was certainly great rejoicing when it was found!
After all the excitement had calmed a bit and we headed off to bed, I had this parable of Jesus resonating through my heart and mind:
"What woman, having ten silver coins, if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and seek diligently until she finds it? And when she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying 'Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin that I had lost.' Just so, I tell you there is joy before the angels of God over one sinner who repents." (Luke 15:8-10 ESV)
We didn't call all the friends and neighbors last night, but today I'm still rejoicing as I share with you that we found the phone that was lost! Of course, I'm glad the phone was found. We all feel at loose ends these days without that ever-present phone, don't we? But even more, I'm so grateful to God that He hears and answers our prayers. Even prayers for lost cell phones!
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